The integration paradox refers to the phenomenon of the more highly educated and structurally integrated immigrants turning away from the host society, rather than becoming more oriented toward it. This article provides an overview of the empirical evidence documenting this paradox in the Netherlands. In addition, the theoretical arguments and the available findings about the social psychologic...

Braess’s paradox, in its original context, is the counter-intuitive observation that, without lessening demand, closing roads can improve traffic flow. With the explosion of distributed (selfish) routing situations understanding this paradox has become an important concern in a broad range of network design situations. However, the previous theoretical work on Braess’s paradox has focused on “d...